THE USE OF INTERCITY MULTIMODAL FORECASTING MODELS BY THE USA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The DOT (Department of Transportation) has carried out several studies of alternatives for providing short-haul passenger service in the United States. The author mentions four such studies, in particular the Northeast Corridor Transportation Project, and gives the conclusions from the latter. The author discusses some of the models employed, such as forecasting models, demand and modal split models, use of judgement, independence of irrelevant alternatives, non-quantifiable attributes, and gives a few numerical examples of divergencies in results from forecasting models.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation Research, Bruges, Belgium, June 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Conference on Transport Research

  Bruges,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Cheslow, D
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation Research, Bruges, Belgium, June 1973.
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 907-915

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Passengers; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127013
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1976 12:00AM